Andrew Chernow <a...@esilo.com> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> The portability risk is in the "manually set the port" part.
> Right. If this method is limited to _AIX and only when the failure case > occurs, there are no portability issues. That seems like unnecessary complexity (which carries its own risks). I thought this sketch was about right: #ifdef _AIX getaddrinfo(hostname, NULL /* servname */, ....); // manually set the port #else getaddrinfo(hostname, servname, ....); /* same code as now */ #endif although please flip it around to ifndef. The simpler and more general case should usually be first to aid the reader. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers